Matt Joyce

Sometime soon, when their injured players aren’t injured anymore, the Miami Marlins will have a few personnel decisions to make — roster spots, defensive alignments, lineup tweaks and the like.

Manager Don Mattingly knows it’s coming, and he freely admits some of those decisions will be tougher than others. But he also knows how he’ll handle at least one of them: Giancarlo Stanton won’t move from the No. 2 spot in the lineup, not even when third baseman Martin Prado returns, which could be as soon as the end of next week if his rehab assignment goes smoothly.

Stanton homered again in the Marlins’ 8-1 win over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday, showing again that the move...

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